Siemens PLM Lockheed Martin (Femap)
Aerospace and defense Lockheed Martin Space Systems Products Femap with NX Nastran plays a critical role in the design Femap, NX of NASA’s new Orion spacecraft Business challenges More than 900 load cases 60-analyst team uses the sustain the crew during the space travel, associated with launch and integrated solver, pre- and and provide safe re-entry from deep space abort postprocessor to optimize the return velocities. FE models with up to one mil- design of the successor to the lion elements Orion consists of three main structures: the Space Shuttle crew module, the service module, and the High volume of results data to launch abort module. Finite element analy- sort through to determine crit- Designing the deep space exploration sis (FEA) is playing a key role in the design ical load cases vehicle of all three modules by allowing develop- Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, ment teams to understand the loads and Keys to success one of the four major business divisions of stresses that the modules will experience Integrated FEA solver, pre- Lockheed Martin, is the prime contractor during all phases of their journey. That and postprocessor building the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew understanding is then used to optimize Vehicle, NASA’s first spacecraft designed Easy-to-use pre- and postpro- factors such as weight, stiffness, material for long-duration deep space exploration. cessing (utilizing Windows) selection, shape and strength of individual Orion will carry up to six people into space, with powerful visualization parts. provide emergency
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